This Harper's
Weekly newspaper features General Butler on the cover. It also has a nice
full page illustration of the entire Confederate Cabinet. It also has a nice
story on the first Soldier to die in the Civil War, and various other news
of the War.

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This is an original leaf from the June 1, 1861
edition of Harper's Weekly, the most popular illustrated newspaper of
the Civil War. This leaf shows scenes around Montgomery Alabama,
including a group of slaves working in a field.

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